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Table 10 Dependent variable: objective memory tests

From: Systematic measurement error in self-reported health: is anchoring vignettes the way out?

Variables

Objective memory tests

 Education categories (ref category: no formal education)

  Below primary

0.24***

  Primary

0.39***

  Secondary

0.57***

  High school

0.80***

  College and above

0.98***

 Individual characteristics

  Male

−0.07***

 Age groups (ref category: age 18–29.9 years)

  30–44.9

−0.25***

  45–60

−0.56***

  Above 60

−0.85***

 Marital status

  Currently married

0.08***

 Household’s expenditure quintiles (ref category: Q3)

  Q1

−0.12***

  Q2

−0.05

  Q4

0.04

  Q5

0.12***

  Religion (Hindu = 1)

0.04

  Caste (SC/ST = 1)

−0.01

 Regional characteristics

  Urban

0.16***

  Underdeveloped

0.11***

  1. The dependent variables in all the specifications are objective measures of memory and cognition including (test of words recalled after delay, digital recall test, and verbal fluency)
  2. ***p < 0.01